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Age of reason or age of procedure?

The risk management industry's increasing use of sophisticated models and technology – when coupled with poor modelling choices – can cause problems. Stephen Blyth calls for a return to to judgement and reasoning, and a halt to proceduralism.

The misdirected directive?

Germany's financial regulator, BaFin, tried to steal a march on its European rivals by implementing a new directive that should open the door to asset managers investing in new products and using over-the-counter derivatives. But did it get it wrong?

Williams to retain energy trading business

Oklahoma-based energy company Williams said late last week it will continue operating its energy trading business, having failed to sell the rest of the wholesale power division. The company is focusing on long-term supply contracts and doing only a very…

EU Rules may shake up equity data

In a move that shows no good deed goes unpunished, industry associations and insiders want to nix a current European Union proposal to improve trade reporting transparency because the new regulation will have a host of unintended consequences.

DTE Energy Trading opts for Amerex STP solution

DTE Energy Trading, a subsidiary of Detroit-based DTE Energy, has implemented Amerex Energy’s straight-through processing (STP) product, Xcheck - a web-based trade confirmation system that replaces the manual process of generating, transmitting and…

Smothered by red tape

In response to a string of dubious structured finance transactions (remember Enron?), the ever-watchful regulators have proposed a set of guidelines which observers fear could choke the market.

Smothered by red tape

In response to a string of dubious structured finance transactions (remember Enron?), the ever-watchful regulators have proposed a set of guidelines which observers fear could choke the market.

Smothered by red tape

In response to a string of dubious structured finance transactions (remember Enron?), the ever-watchful regulators have proposed a set of guidelines which observers fear could choke the market.

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